Here's a close up of the inside of the snoot (nose piece) of my '09. The owner before me admitted to an unplanned get-off, and sure enough, here's more evidence of that slam. I replaced the headlamp relay a few years back but I didn't notice this at that time. Unless it happened on my watch but I don't think so... no hard concussions since I've had her.
Anyway, safety wire can fix a lot of things, including my front porch railing! (Maybe I'll post that later.) Safety wire plus gorilla glue. I used a large safety pin held with pliers over a flame, and did a hot poke job to make the holes. Was originally gonna do them with a Dremel, but the angle and access is pretty tough - hot poke is the way to go sometimes.
Next time I get her all apart (I hope it's a long while, I really don't enjoy this nonsense) I will let you know if the glue held. The other thing that was damaged (besides an obvious paint scrape on the edge of my front wheel) is one of the little molded plastic "pins" that serve as a windscreen stay. It cracked clean off. You may know what I mean... you count down three bolt holes on the windscreen on either side. The third one is not for a fastener, it's for a plastic French-cut alignment piece that is molded as part of the front nose piece. I'm not worried about that - it's fine without it.
Next fix is an idea I have to repair the broken plastic "lip" that acts as a catch for the battery bungee. I broke that in the wintertime changing the battery. Here's a tip when releasing/setting the battery bungee... Don't try to manipulate it down by where it catches the plastic lip on the battery box. Just grab it along the top with a pliers that won't rip it up (like a smooth needlenose) and stretch it until you create enough slack so that it just comes off. That was stupid on my part.
These bikes run so well for so long, I forget how to do the simplest maintenance chores sometimes.
If I can find my shop manual I will re-post the pages on how to remove the fairings. It's already on these boards though.
Anyway, safety wire can fix a lot of things, including my front porch railing! (Maybe I'll post that later.) Safety wire plus gorilla glue. I used a large safety pin held with pliers over a flame, and did a hot poke job to make the holes. Was originally gonna do them with a Dremel, but the angle and access is pretty tough - hot poke is the way to go sometimes.
Next time I get her all apart (I hope it's a long while, I really don't enjoy this nonsense) I will let you know if the glue held. The other thing that was damaged (besides an obvious paint scrape on the edge of my front wheel) is one of the little molded plastic "pins" that serve as a windscreen stay. It cracked clean off. You may know what I mean... you count down three bolt holes on the windscreen on either side. The third one is not for a fastener, it's for a plastic French-cut alignment piece that is molded as part of the front nose piece. I'm not worried about that - it's fine without it.
Next fix is an idea I have to repair the broken plastic "lip" that acts as a catch for the battery bungee. I broke that in the wintertime changing the battery. Here's a tip when releasing/setting the battery bungee... Don't try to manipulate it down by where it catches the plastic lip on the battery box. Just grab it along the top with a pliers that won't rip it up (like a smooth needlenose) and stretch it until you create enough slack so that it just comes off. That was stupid on my part.
These bikes run so well for so long, I forget how to do the simplest maintenance chores sometimes.
If I can find my shop manual I will re-post the pages on how to remove the fairings. It's already on these boards though.